Ryan said he was encouraged by the results of efforts to work with China to reduce tensions, but that it was unacceptable North Korea might be able to strike allies with nuclear weapons.
China's desire to keep United States forces off its border was a key reason for its intervention in the Korean War, which ended in the current stalemate more than six decades ago.
China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that it was seriously concerned by recent comments made by North Korean officials warning of further missile tests and the possibility of nuclear war.
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President Donald Trump has already dispatched the USS Carl Vinson, powered by nuclear reactors, carrying nearly 100 aircraft and accompanied by destroyers, a cruiser, and a submarine to the region, reported the Daily Mail of UK. It also came as China has taken economic retaliation against Seoul over the deployment of the USA -led Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) missile shield, straining relations between the two Northeast Asian neighbors.
China's foreign minister recently likened the USA and North Korea to two speeding trains hurtling toward each other, an analogy that would seem to place China in the role of helpless bystander.
Earlier this year, China called on the USA and North Korea to give up something to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
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North Korea released a dramatic video in 2016 called "Last Chance" that showed a simulated nuclear strike on Washington, complete with animation of a missile slamming into the earth near the Lincoln Memorial.
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While THAAD appears to be a done deal, China is playing a long game of reminding South Korea that, as a smaller and weaker nation, it needs to subordinate its security interests to those of China, said Cheng. On Sunday, North Korea launched another missile test which turned out to be unsuccessful. He also added that an "all-out war" would result if the US took military action against the country.
Reports emerged Tuesday that the U.S.is considering shooting down future North Korean missile tests as a show of strength against Pyongyang. China's approach has failed to gain traction, however: North Korea snubbed requests to meet top diplomats including Wang this month.
In a separate interview with CNN, the vice president said that "the only thing we need to hear from North Korea is that they are ending and ultimately dismantling their nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles program". The dialogue with North Korea for the sake of the dialogue is pointless.
Despite this, Han Song-ryol, North Korea's deputy foreign minister, told the BBC that the North would continue its missile tests, "on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis", warning that if the United States took military action against them, an "all-out war" would ensue. The United States' commanding general there is calling for thousands more USA troops. "I think that the relationship that the president started building with President Xi down in Mar-a-Lago is clearly showing some positive signs".
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